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Tak Korai
Courses Plus Student 1,906 PointsSuggestion: Projects that gets reviewed/marked by a teacher
I love these online courses, but I've always been a fan of in-class as many projects get marked, and students can ask teachers what could have been done to improve. Online misses just that, it does not allow for a person who's taking the course to really test out the knowledge. I know projects are supposed to, but you're just following the video, and as long as you do what the person says, you'll be able to do it.
Is there any way to have some sort of project based lessons? Like, you provide the end outcome like in picture/PowerPoint etc. Whoever is taking the lesson have to try to recreate exactly that. Then the person submits the end-outcome, in a way of web export or just sending a domain. The lecturer/Teacher marks is, makes a recommendation on what could have been done to improve.
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James Barnett
39,199 Points> Online misses just that, it does not allow for a person who's taking the course to really test out the knowledge.
You've got to do your own projects to really test out your knowledge. For front end stuff I'd suggest you check out http://www.pairuptocode.com/
Tak Korai
Courses Plus Student 1,906 PointsIt just would be nice of teamtreehouse could have projects that we could test our selves so that everyone is on the same page. Then if we have any questions that we want to ask our peers, I can easily explain where I'm getting stuck.
By getting projects and getting them reviewed by someone, it allows person like me who is just trying to learn this to keep working on things. not only so I can test my knowlege, I know whether it was the most efficient/effective implementation.
James Barnett
39,199 PointsGrading by hand is one of the reasons you pay so much for in person classes, it doesn't scale up to thousands of students.
There are online boot camps that offer one-on-one mentors and do what you described, they usually cost a few hundred a month.
Tak Korai
Courses Plus Student 1,906 PointsWould like to explorer that, any recomendations? I found bootcamper, but it refers to here, which then isn't what I'm looking for...
Tak Korai
Courses Plus Student 1,906 PointsThanks! exactly what I'm looking for, although the price is high indeed:S
Robin Senor
1,537 PointsYes I would much prefer Treehouse keep their prices low! I think the challenges are a great way to test basic knowledge, and I feel like I am learning a lot and quickly.
James Barnett
39,199 PointsRobin Senor - After you finish a course you can make something with what you've learned and post here on the forum to get feedback. You can also put it up online (e.g codepen, github, portfolio site) to show people what you can do.